Appreciate the recognition!
I didn't want to be too obvious so I made sure to hide the jokes in plain sight, although that's kind of natural for my humour regardless. Not too surprising they didn't get any recognition prior to yours, nobody wants to read a paragraph much less a short storybook nowadays.
Two jokes to be specific, one rather crude(the plumb bob having a missing base to plug something like a cork given its smooth finish, shape, and size) as well as the more highbrow "uninformed" discovery/reaction joke with the dynamite box.
It's rather surprising but a lot of people actually don't know the base material of dynamite is diatomaceous clay and that nitroglycerin naturally bleeds out of the material over time resulting in "salt" deposits on surrounding surfaces. Plus resulting crystalization and concentration usually means increased volatility so tossing a stick across the room or potentially even a rat giving it a test bite, before potentially flopping over with a "frozen" heart if the bite is not cause for detonation, could set it off.
The box was also actually almost completely full when my grandfather pulled it out of the mine, he liked "diving" for artifacts of all sorts when he was young. He used up the lot over the decades, last quarter stick took out a 3 foot diameter chunk of earth at my aunt's house around 2010. She was not pleased by the development. The box did have some minor crystalization but with humidity and oil it's now in solution to burn safely although it was most likely not more than a firecracker if it was set off on the box, not fun but mostly harmless.
Pinned together. The hook is internally attached to the pipe.
